Archive for HRx – Page 2
New Fresh! Release & RR’s First HRx Sampler
Two Major Announcements A New Release with Blues Master Doug MacLeod!BRAND NEW EYES (FR-703).It is our newest release on FRESH! from RR!10% discount if you order by March 20 (official release date March 8) MacLeod has been a beacon of unquestionably honest roots-music since the 1970s. On Brand New Eyes, he presents 11 original songs. He is the rare artist who writes and sings songs that are based on his own life and experiences. A…
Two More Complimentary HRx Downloads!
We have provided TWO MORE FREE HRX DOWNLOADS on ComputerAudiophile.com! The tracks are ‘Tain’t So! from Dick Hyman’s Thinking About Bix and Satie, arr. Debussy: Gymnopedie No. 1 from the Minnesota Orchestra’s Reveries. So visit http://computeraudiophile.com and download away! From Computer Audiophile: Two More Complimentary 24/176.4 HRx Downloads Courtesy of Reference Recordings Once again CA supporter and industry leader Reference Recordings has supplied two complimentary high resolution audio tracks for Computer Audiophile readers. The first…
Organ Sensation Felix Hell HRx!
Today we finish telling you about our recent HRx releases, but these are just the beginning! We’ve got tons of exciting news to bring you in the near future! Organ Sensation Felix Hell Prof. Johnson brilliantly captures the spectacular sounds of the massive Schoenstein Organ of First-Plymouth Congregational Church, Lincoln Nebraska. Felix Hell is one of the most exciting and remarkable organists on today’s concert scene. His virtuosity and dazzling technique, and his profound understanding…
Reveries HRx – Minnesota Orchestra
We continue to highlight our new HRx releases today with “Reveries:” REVERIES Eiji Oue Minnesota Orchestra “The Absolute Sound Super Disc List” Relaxing,beloved classics by Debussy, Satie, Ravel, Faurè, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius and more, beautifully played by one of America’s great orchestras. A balm for jangled nerves, and excellent music for unwinding and dining! The pace of the human heartbeat so appealed to the composers on this program that they harnessed their music to it. Yet…
Respighi HRx – Minnesota Orchestra
We continue to highlight our recent HRx releases today with “Respighi”: RESPIGHI Eiji OuiMinnesota Orchestra Grammy® Nominated: Best Engineered Album, ClassicalKeith O. Johnson, Engineer “Dazzling orchestral colors,” is one one way to describe the music of Ottorino Respighi. “Belkis, Queen of Sheba” was conceived as an evening-long ballet with singing whose lavishness has kept it from view since its La Scala premiere. This is only the second recording of a suite prepared by the composer…
Stravinsky HRx – Minnesota Orchestra
We’ve released FOUR new HRx discs, and one of those releases was the Minnesota Orchestra recording, “Stravinsky.” Stravinsky Eiji Oue Minnesota Orchestra 1997 Grammy® Nominee“BEST ENGINEERED, CLASSICAL”The Rite of Spring, The Firebird Suite and The Song of the Nightingale have never sounded more magical or more dynamic! “This HDCD has more detail than any live performance I have attended. The orchestra and the hall sound simly glorious. Put it on, sit back, and be amazed!”…
FOUR New HRx Titles!
If you’re a Reference Recordings Facebook Fan, or you follow us on Twitter, you’ll know that yesterday we promised some big news. Well, today we hope not to disappoint. We’re announcing that we have FOUR newly released HRx albums! That’s right — FOUR! View all of our HRx releases on ReferenceRecordings.com. Stravinsky Eiji Oue Minnesota Orchestra RESPIGHIEiji OuiMinnesota Orchestra ReveriesEiji Oue Minnesota Orchestra Organ Sensation Felix Hell
Happy Belated Birthday to Mozart
So in honor of Mozart’s birthday yesterday, we thought we would send him warm birthday wishes by featuring our recent HRx release of his piano concertos! The performance quality alone would have made Mr. Mozart happy as it features legendary pianist Eugene Istomin. But the sonic qualities and purity of the performance in an HRx format would have been even more pleasing. So Happy Belated Birthday Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart! EUGENE ISTOMIN, pianoA legendary pianist! Two…
100th Posting! News and Announcements from Reference Recordings
So, for our 100th posting, we thought we would enlighten our readers with some plans for the new year and beyond, as well as let you know what we’re up to right now! 1. It is 2010, and RR is now 34 years old and still getting better. Of course we have exciting new recordings in progress- watch for news as the year goes on about NEW artists for RR and NEW musical styles (Blues,…
Holiday SALE
HOLIDAY SALE! It’s an RR tradition to have a special SALE in December — STARTING NOW!Until NOON on Monday, January 4, 2010 all orders will be given a discount of 20% off regular prices — new releases included! THE MORE YOU ORDER – THE MORE YOU SAVE! Two new HRx Titles:Announcing HR-120, Britten’s Orchestra (it is exciting to have the HRx and the CD released almost simultaneously!) and HR-68, Mozart Concertos #21 & #24. These…
New HRx Releases!
Greetings Audiophiles, we are pleased to announce that the recent release Britten’s Orchestra is available as an HRx disc in time for the holidays! It’s the perfect gift for the audiophile on your list. We also have another HRx that we are releasing &mdash Eugene Istomin (piano) with Gerard Schwarz and the Seattle Symphony Orchestra performing Mozart Concertos Nos. 21 and 24! Click HERE to purchase! Here are the details: EUGENE ISTOMIN, pianoA legendary pianist!…
Some Exciting News and Announcements
NEW HRx TITLES176.4 kHz / 24 bit MUSICComing Soon – November 17th MOZART: PIANO CONCERTOS #21 AND #24Eugene Istomin / Gerard Schwarz / Seattle Symphony (HR-68) BRITTEN’S ORCHESTRA (HR-120)Order HRx Titles Securely Online! www.ReferenceRecordings.com——————————————- THE ABSOLUTE SOUND Magazine2010 High-End Audio Buyers’ GuideBEST AUDIOPHILE LABEL RECORDINGS: Copland: Third Symphony – Minnesota Orchestra / Eiji Oue (RR-93)“The best recording since Bernstein’s of a great American symphony. Gloriously impactful sonics” Janácek: Opera Excerpts – Czech State Philharmonic /…
Britten’s Orchestra HRx!
November 10th is the release date for Britten’s Orchestra with the Kansas City Symphony, but you should already know that. What you don’t know, and should be excited about, is that this release will be one of our quickest turn-arounds for the HRx version of the album! It should be available by December, and would make a great Christmas present for audiophiles everywhere! And what if your computer audio system isn’t capable of 176.4 kHz/…
More RMAF stories
Today is probably the last posting we will have about the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2009. Again it should be of great interest to our Audiophile fans out there as it deals with some new equipment for playing our new HRx files! Thank you once again to Stereophile Magazine for giving us permission to re-post these blogs, and thank you to Jason Victor Serinus for blogging about the Festival! Paul McGowan Scores AgainPosted Tue Oct…
RMAF Reportings/Info for the Audiophiles
Today we thought we would share a blog with you that came from the Rocky Mountain Audio Festival that we recently attended! It includes some good information on how to play some of our HRx files. Bit-Perfect PlaybackPosted Wed Oct 7, 2009, 1:06 PM ETBy Jason Victor Serinus The sixth annual Rocky Mountain Audio Fest had already closed when I finally had the time to stop by Reference Recordings’ booth to check out their latest…